Attachment for carrying rifles, &amp; c., on bicycles.



Nu. 672,540. Pa'tented Apr. 23, I901.

G. T. SPEIR.

ATTACHMENT FOR CARRYING RIFLES, &c., UN BICYGLES.

(Application filed June 15, 1900.)

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GUY THOMAS SPEIR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

ATTACHMENT FOR CARRYING RIFLES, 80s., ON BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 672,540, dated April23, 1901.

' Application filed June 15, 1900- fierial No- ,4 (N0 modem .To all whomit may concern.-

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Be it known that I, GUY THOMAS SPEIR, advocate, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at 2 Gloucester Place,Port man Square,London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Carrying Rifles or other Articles on Bicycles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is mainly to provide ri fie-carryingattachments which will fit practically any cycle, will admit of therifle being quickly taken from them for use, and will combine strengthtogether with lightness and cheapness; but similar attachments can alsobe used for carrying fishing-rods, golf-clubs, camera-stands, and avariety of other articles. For carrying a rifle two attachments areused, one to be carried at the rear end of the upper part of the frameand the other at the front end. The characteristic of each attachment isthat it is composed of a strip or wireof spring metal so bent as to formtwo hook-shaped spring clips or hooks, one to hook over and clasp thetop bar of the another. bar of the frame which extends downward from thetop bar, while it is also formed with a third clip or loop to embraceone or other end of the rifle or other article to be carried. Bothdevices for supporting the rifle are arranged on the same side of thecycle-frame and they incline outward away from the cycle-frame.

In the drawings I have shown the attachments adapted for carrying arifle.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the upper part of a bicycle-frame and thetwo attachments secured to it. Figs. 2 and 3 showa front elevation andplan, on a larger scale, of the back attachment; and Figs. 4 and 5 showsimilar views of the front attachment. Fig. 6 shows a modification inwhich the attachments are formed with loops for holding the articles tobe carried.

Each of the attachments shown in the drawings is formed from a strip ofthin spring metal Each has in it a bend a to clasp the top bar of thebicycle-frame, another bend b to clasp a descending bar of the frame,and a third 0 to carry one or other end of a rifle.

Instead of; each attachment being formed of a covered strip of thinmetal it might be formed of two similarly-bent wires side by side,inclosed in one cover, or a similar attachment might be formed bybending one end of a length of covered wire to the form of attachmentrequired and then turning the wire back-and bending the other end to thesame shape, so thatin all parts of the attachment there are two portionsof the covered wire lying side by side.

Instead of forming the attachments with spring-clips c to receive orhold the rifle or other article they maybe provided with loops (1, asshown in Fig. 6.

What I claim is 1. The combination with the frame of a bicycle having ahorizontal top bar and a bar at each end descending therefrom ofcarrying attachments each composed of a strip of wire bent at one pointinto a loop-clip to hook over and clasp around more than half thecircumference of the top bar of the cycle -frame close to one of itsends and having one of the descending ends of the strip or wire bent orformed into a loop-clip to embrace and clasp around more than half thecircumference of the bar of the frame which descends from this end ofthe top bar and also having the other descending end of the strip orwire of both attachments both on the same side of the cycle-frame andboth formed at their free ends into a loop or hook to receive and holdwithin them a rifle or other article to be carried.

2. The combination with the frame of a bicycle havinga horizontal topbar and a bar at each end descending therefrom of carrying attachmentseach composed of a strip or wire bent at one point intoa loop-clip tohook over and clasp around more than half the circumference of the topbar of the cycle-frame close to one of its ends'and having one of thedescending ends of the strip or wire bent or formed into a loop-clip toembrace and clasp around more than half the circumference of the bar ofthe frame which descends from this end of the top bar and also havingthe other descending end of the strip or wire of both attachments bothon the same side of the cycle-frame and inclining outward away from theplane in which the two loop bends lie and at their free ends formed intoloops or hooks to support and hold a rifle Within them.

GUY THOMAS SPEIR.

Witnesses:

WILFRED CARPMAEL, WALTER J. SKERTEN.

